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Jaafar, Sonia Ben; Bodolica, Virginia; Spraggon, Martin – Educational Review, 2023
The academic literature pertaining to the discipline of international education acknowledges that the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme is expanding globally. Given the growing influence of the IB on international schooling, our study seeks to map the field of IB research drawing on a systematic review of 295 documents published from…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Research, Educational Development, Academic Achievement
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Doherty, Catherine; Luke, Allan; Shield, Paul; Hincksman, Candice – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2012
The International Baccalaureate's (IB) branding and reputation targets academic high achievers aiming for university entrance. This is an empirical examination of the growing popularity of this transnational secondary credential amongst local populations in Australia, focusing on its uptake across the community, and the discourses underpinning its…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Social Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Reynolds, Helen – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
Queensland Academy for Health Sciences (QAHS) is a senior secondary high school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP). As part of the Diploma, students are required to complete a referenced research essay of four thousand words. For most, this will be their first experience of such a challenging undertaking.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, School Libraries, Information Literacy, Sciences
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Lai, Kelvin; Nankervis, Susan; Story, Margot; Hodgson, Wayne; Lewenberg, Michael; Ball, Marita MacMahon – Higher Education Research and Development, 2008
Throughout 2003-04 five cohorts of students in their final year of school studies in various Malaysian colleges and a group of students completing an Australian university foundation year in Malaysia sat the International Student Admissions Test (ISAT). The ISAT is a multiple-choice test of general academic abilities developed for students whose…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Scores